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Reductions in Government statistical functions
8 April 2011 — Statement
The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 requires the UK Statistics Authority to promote and safeguard the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good, and to…
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100th Assessment Report
7 March 2011 — Statement
The UK Statistics Authority today publishes its 100th Assessment Report. Under the legislation that created the Authority, it is required to review all statistics that carry the National Statistics label…
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Re-appointment of non-executive members of the Board of the UK Statistics Authority
13 January 2011 — Announcement, Appointments
The UK Statistics Authority warmly welcomes the reappointment of Professor Sir Roger Jowell CBE, Partha Dasgupta, and Moira Gibb CBE as non-executive members of the UK Statistics Authority with effect…
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Measures of Inflation
6 December 2010 — Statement
The Statistics Authority endorses the conclusions and recommendations of three recently published reports relating to the Retail Prices Index and Consumer Prices Index: the annual report of the Consumer Prices…
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2011 England and Wales Census
27 July 2010 — Press release
The UK Statistics Authority welcomes the Government’s decision to proceed with the existing plans for the 2011 Census in England and Wales, set out in an answer by the Minister…
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The value of statistical commentary
23 July 2010 — Statement
The Statistics Authority welcomes the growing number of comprehensive government datasets that are readily accessible online. These provide opportunity for people to examine and analyse for themselves the raw information…
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The interpretation of value for money requirements in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics
15 July 2010 — Statement
The Code of Practice contains elements which, when taken together, indicate an expectation that the producers of official statistics will both seek to achieve good value for the money spent…
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Statistics Authority publishes Monitoring Report on Strengthening User Engagement
30 June 2010 — Press release
The UK Statistics Authority has today published its Monitoring Report on Strengthening User Engagement. An interim report was published in March 2010, and an open meeting held in London on…
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Statistics Authority publishes Overcoming Barriers to Trust in Crime Statistics: England and Wales
24 May 2010 — Press release
The UK Statistics Authority today publishes its review about overcoming barriers to trust in crime statistics for England and Wales. Most commentators would agree that measuring crime is inherently difficult.The…
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Future Policy for UK Official Statistics
30 March 2010 — Statement
I wrote to the leaders of the major political parties on 29 January 2010, letting them know the views of the Authority on what future policy should be in relation…